{"id":21,"date":"2007-03-18T08:28:21","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T08:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/?p=21"},"modified":"2007-03-18T08:28:21","modified_gmt":"2007-03-18T08:28:21","slug":"awesome-lan-party-panoramas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/2007\/03\/18\/awesome-lan-party-panoramas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Lan Party Panoramas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffulgerica.com%2Fen%2F2007%2F03%2F18%2Fawesome-lan-party-panoramas-2%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"fulgerica\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/2007\/03\/18\/awesome-lan-party-panoramas-2\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>A <strong>LAN Party<\/strong> is a temporary, sometimes spontaneous, gathering of people together with their computers, which they network together primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games. These local area networks (LANs) come in various sizes, from very small (two people) to very large (more than <a href=\"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/?p=5\" target=\"_blank\">7,500 people<\/a>). Small parties can form spontaneously, but large ones usually require a fair amount of planning and preparation on the part of the organizer.<br \/>\nI know that you&#8217;re all big fans of this kind of things. That&#8217;s why i thought that i better show you some large lan party photos.  Can anyone count the number of computers or people in those pictures?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K3mhYXihv_c\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"-4\">Nooooooooot!!<\/font><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Just click on each thumbnail to view large size)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xs413.xs.to\/xs413\/07110\/1thegathering1998.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/images\/9137171thegathering1998_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\">The Gathering 1998 <\/font><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xs413.xs.to\/xs413\/07110\/2thegathering2002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/images\/7729402thegathering2002_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\">The Gathering 2002 <\/font><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xs413.xs.to\/xs413\/07110\/3Assembly2003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/images\/9270743Assembly2003_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\">Assembly 2003  <\/font><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xs413.xs.to\/xs413\/07110\/4thegathering2003111.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/images\/7773494thegathering200311_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\">The Gathering 2003 <\/font><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xs413.xs.to\/xs413\/07110\/5thegathering2004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/images\/1504855thegathering2004_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\">The Gathering 2004 <\/font><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xs413.xs.to\/xs413\/07110\/6lanpartyde.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/images\/6482896lanpartyde_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\">Lan Party DE <\/font><\/p>\n<p>LAN party events differ significantly from gaming centers and Internet cafes in that they are generally BYOC based ( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit-tech.net\/content_images\/dreamhack_winter_200\/01b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><em>bring your own computer)<\/em><\/a> and are not permanent installations, often taking place in general meeting places or residences.<br \/>\nLAN party attendees tend to be more experienced gamers, as the setup required turns most casual gamers away. People who prefer LAN party gaming to Internet or other multiplayer gaming types favor the term &#8220;LANner&#8221;.<br \/>\nMany commercialized parties offer various tournaments, with competitions in such games as <em>StarCraft<\/em>, <em>Quake III<\/em>, <em>Warcraft III<\/em>, <em>Counter-Strike<\/em>, <em>Unreal Tournament<\/em>, <em>Battlefield 2<\/em> and the <em>Doom<\/em> series, sometimes awarding prizes to the winners. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit-tech.net\/content_images\/dreamhack_preview\/hardware2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Prizes<\/a> can include computer hardware such as overclocking kits, cases, lights, fans, graphic cards and sometimes even complete computers.<br \/>\nThe duration of the event is not standardized; many organized parties last for a weekend, while there have also been longer and shorter parties.<br \/>\nBig LAN parties often offer a quiet place <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/viewer.php?id=764822somn.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">to sleep<\/a>, shower, and eat, as well as hired security, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotfrag.com\/files\/upload\/dreamhackqueenbig.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">alternative entertainment<\/a> (such as music), and a dedicated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/viewer.php?id=806106echipa.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">support<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/crew.dreamhack.se\/images\/crewbild-dhw05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"> crew<\/a>, as well as a <a href=\"http:\/\/sirius.aai.ee\/aret\/pics\/2003\/panorama2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">professionally managed network<\/a> including a connection to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prestoshare.com\/viewer.php?id=283896IMG_3088.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Internet<\/a>. Catering might come in the form of <a href=\"http:\/\/hem.passagen.se\/sk8teforfate\/jolt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">a bar<\/a>, delivered food such as pizza, or nearby shops. Some parties come fully catered in the form of regular barbecues or even employment of a catering staff running a public canteen<br \/>\nGaming clans are groups of gamers that often play in team games and often use these gatherings to meet one another, since they typically play together over the Internet between other parties with little real-world contact. Their goal is often to win tournaments. Clans are often in &#8220;ladders&#8221; where they move up after winning a match.<br \/>\nLinks: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanparty.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gathering.org\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drome.nl\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffulgerica.com%2Fen%2F2007%2F03%2F18%2Fawesome-lan-party-panoramas-2%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet A LAN Party is a temporary, sometimes spontaneous, gathering of people together with their computers, which they network together primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games. These local area networks (LANs) come in various sizes, from very small (two people) to very large (more than 7,500 people). 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